diff --git a/solr/CHANGES.txt b/solr/CHANGES.txt
index 0dfb90b2efd..378b4a8b439 100644
--- a/solr/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/solr/CHANGES.txt
@@ -142,7 +142,8 @@ Other Changes
 
 * SOLR-12152: Split up TriggerIntegrationTest into multiple tests to isolate and increase reliability. (shalin)
 
-* SOLR-12133: Fix race conditions that caused TriggerIntegrationTest.testEventQueue to fail. (Mark Miller, shalin)
+* SOLR-12133: Fix race conditions that caused TriggerIntegrationTest.testEventQueue and testNodeMarkersRegistration
+  to fail. (Mark Miller, shalin)
 
 * SOLR-12169: Fix ComputePlanActionTest.testSelectedCollections fails on jenkins by aggressively cleaning up
   trigger state left by other test methods in the test setup. (shalin)
diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/cloud/autoscaling/NodeAddedTrigger.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/cloud/autoscaling/NodeAddedTrigger.java
index 6190a499175..7f389e1cfd1 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/cloud/autoscaling/NodeAddedTrigger.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/cloud/autoscaling/NodeAddedTrigger.java
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ public class NodeAddedTrigger extends TriggerBase {
   private void removeMarker(String nodeName) {
     String path = ZkStateReader.SOLR_AUTOSCALING_NODE_ADDED_PATH + "/" + nodeName;
     try {
+      log.debug("NodeAddedTrigger {} - removing marker path: {}", name, path);
       if (stateManager.hasData(path)) {
         stateManager.removeData(path, -1);
       }
diff --git a/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/autoscaling/NodeMarkersRegistrationTest.java b/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/autoscaling/NodeMarkersRegistrationTest.java
index 38c2165725d..912f71f14c4 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/autoscaling/NodeMarkersRegistrationTest.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/autoscaling/NodeMarkersRegistrationTest.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantLock;
 import org.apache.lucene.util.LuceneTestCase;
 import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.SolrClient;
 import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.SolrRequest;
+import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.cloud.autoscaling.TriggerEventProcessorStage;
 import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.cloud.autoscaling.TriggerEventType;
 import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.embedded.JettySolrRunner;
 import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.impl.CloudSolrClient;
@@ -52,9 +53,8 @@ import static org.apache.solr.cloud.autoscaling.AutoScalingHandlerTest.createAut
 public class NodeMarkersRegistrationTest extends SolrCloudTestCase {
   private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(MethodHandles.lookup().lookupClass());
 
-  private static CountDownLatch actionInitCalled;
   private static CountDownLatch triggerFiredLatch;
-  private static CountDownLatch actionConstructorCalled;
+  private static CountDownLatch listenerEventLatch;
   private static Set<TriggerEvent> events = ConcurrentHashMap.newKeySet();
   private static ZkStateReader zkStateReader;
   private static ReentrantLock lock = new ReentrantLock();
@@ -81,11 +81,8 @@ public class NodeMarkersRegistrationTest extends SolrCloudTestCase {
 
   @Test
   public void testNodeMarkersRegistration() throws Exception {
-    // for this test we want to create two triggers so we must assert that the actions were created twice
-    actionInitCalled = new CountDownLatch(2);
-    // similarly we want both triggers to fire
-    triggerFiredLatch = new CountDownLatch(2);
-    actionConstructorCalled = new CountDownLatch(1);
+    triggerFiredLatch = new CountDownLatch(1);
+    listenerEventLatch = new CountDownLatch(1);
     TestLiveNodesListener listener = registerLiveNodesListener();
 
     NamedList<Object> overSeerStatus = cluster.getSolrClient().request(CollectionAdminRequest.getOverseerStatus());
@@ -155,6 +152,18 @@ public class NodeMarkersRegistrationTest extends SolrCloudTestCase {
     response = solrClient.request(req);
     assertEquals(response.get("result").toString(), "success");
 
+    String setListener = "{\n" +
+        "  \"set-listener\" : {\n" +
+        "    \"name\" : \"listener_node_added_triggerMR\",\n" +
+        "    \"trigger\" : \"node_added_triggerMR\",\n" +
+        "    \"stage\" : \"STARTED\",\n" +
+        "    \"class\" : \"" + AssertingListener.class.getName()  + "\"\n" +
+        "  }\n" +
+        "}";
+    req = createAutoScalingRequest(SolrRequest.METHOD.POST, setListener);
+    response = solrClient.request(req);
+    assertEquals(response.get("result").toString(), "success");
+
     overSeerStatus = cluster.getSolrClient().request(CollectionAdminRequest.getOverseerStatus());
     overseerLeader = (String) overSeerStatus.get("leader");
     overseerLeaderIndex = 0;
@@ -178,6 +187,9 @@ public class NodeMarkersRegistrationTest extends SolrCloudTestCase {
     pathAdded = ZkStateReader.SOLR_AUTOSCALING_NODE_ADDED_PATH + "/" + node1.getNodeName();
     assertTrue("Path " + pathAdded + " wasn't created", zkClient().exists(pathAdded, true));
 
+    listenerEventLatch.countDown(); // let the trigger thread continue
+
+    assertTrue(triggerFiredLatch.await(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS));
     Thread.sleep(5000);
     // nodeAdded marker should be consumed now by nodeAdded trigger
     assertFalse("Path " + pathAdded + " should have been deleted", zkClient().exists(pathAdded, true));
@@ -237,10 +249,6 @@ public class NodeMarkersRegistrationTest extends SolrCloudTestCase {
 
   public static class TestEventMarkerAction extends TriggerActionBase {
 
-    public TestEventMarkerAction() {
-      actionConstructorCalled.countDown();
-    }
-
     @Override
     public void process(TriggerEvent event, ActionContext actionContext) {
       boolean locked = lock.tryLock();
@@ -262,8 +270,20 @@ public class NodeMarkersRegistrationTest extends SolrCloudTestCase {
     @Override
     public void init(Map<String, String> args) {
       log.info("TestEventMarkerAction init");
-      actionInitCalled.countDown();
       super.init(args);
     }
   }
+
+  public static class AssertingListener extends TriggerListenerBase {
+    @Override
+    public void onEvent(TriggerEvent event, TriggerEventProcessorStage stage, String actionName, ActionContext context, Throwable error, String message) throws Exception {
+      if (!Thread.currentThread().getName().startsWith("ScheduledTrigger")) {
+        // for future safety
+        throw new IllegalThreadStateException("AssertingListener should have been invoked by a thread from the scheduled trigger thread pool");
+      }
+      log.debug(" --- listener fired for event: {}, stage: {}", event, stage);
+      listenerEventLatch.await();
+      log.debug(" --- listener wait complete for event: {}, stage: {}", event, stage);
+    }
+  }
 }